Re: Held By Harvard Club - 2010
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:29 am
Quick and rather urgent question. If my recommender is sending the LOR straight to Harvard, does it still need the waiver from LSAC? Or some kind of waiver?
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I e-mailed them and they told me they prefer LORS to be sent via LSDAS.Saya wrote:Quick and rather urgent question. If my recommender is sending the LOR straight to Harvard, does it still need the waiver from LSAC? Or some kind of waiver?
oh, how do you do that after applying? if i just assign a new letter to HLS will they get it?Core wrote:I e-mailed them and they told me they prefer LORS to be sent via LSDAS.Saya wrote:Quick and rather urgent question. If my recommender is sending the LOR straight to Harvard, does it still need the waiver from LSAC? Or some kind of waiver?
Ahhhhhhh. Conflicting information! What to dolsnoob wrote:oh, how do you do that after applying? if i just assign a new letter to HLS will they get it?Core wrote:I e-mailed them and they told me they prefer LORS to be sent via LSDAS.Saya wrote:Quick and rather urgent question. If my recommender is sending the LOR straight to Harvard, does it still need the waiver from LSAC? Or some kind of waiver?
I thought someone earlier said HLS told them it was ok to mail LORs directly to them...argh.
Kretzy wrote:I called HLS today to ask about file updates. For anyone interested:
- Have your recommender send a new LOR directly to HLS via mail, and they'll match it with your file.
i don't know about what HLS is OK with, but i called LSAC and if you just assign a new letter it should get to them. mine already was marked mailed after about a day. i already had a backup in the LSDAS system though.Saya wrote:Ahhhhhhh. Conflicting information! What to dolsnoob wrote:oh, how do you do that after applying? if i just assign a new letter to HLS will they get it?Core wrote:I e-mailed them and they told me they prefer LORS to be sent via LSDAS.Saya wrote:Quick and rather urgent question. If my recommender is sending the LOR straight to Harvard, does it still need the waiver from LSAC? Or some kind of waiver?
I thought someone earlier said HLS told them it was ok to mail LORs directly to them...argh.
Kretzy wrote:I called HLS today to ask about file updates. For anyone interested:
- Have your recommender send a new LOR directly to HLS via mail, and they'll match it with your file.
This is now a moot point for me but with a view towards it anyway:humdrum wrote:-mention other acceptances? no
-mention LSAT improvement? yes
-mention some new program/course etc. that further interests you might as well
Also, is it good (if it is true) to go all out and say "if accepted, I will definitely withdraw other offers and attend" only if 100% true
iuno, they are harvard. why do they care where else you got in? they have thousands more applicants to choose from, you know?CordeliusX wrote:This is now a moot point for me but with a view towards it anyway:humdrum wrote:-mention other acceptances? no
-mention LSAT improvement? yes
-mention some new program/course etc. that further interests you might as well
Also, is it good (if it is true) to go all out and say "if accepted, I will definitely withdraw other offers and attend" only if 100% true
Why wouldn't someone mention acceptance to YS or CCN? (wish I had that!) Wouldn't Harvard say "damn! We didn't realize they were so good until now!"
If someone were to get into S or Y, I think that would be an indication of their quality. H might realize "maybe we didn't consider them fully" which I'm sure must happen.puppins wrote:iuno, they are harvard. why do they care where else you got in? they have thousands more applicants to choose from, you know?
Certainly, getting accepted by Y and arguably S would indicate great merit/potential in an applicant. This should, however, already be evident from his or her application. Any name-dropping for the purpose of getting off a WL will likely backfire because it could easily appear egotistical and/or whiny.CordeliusX wrote:If someone were to get into S or Y, I think that would be an indication of their quality. H might realize "maybe we didn't consider them fully" which I'm sure must happen.puppins wrote:iuno, they are harvard. why do they care where else you got in? they have thousands more applicants to choose from, you know?
Maybe I'm just not enthralled enough by the "H bomb". I always viewed HLS as this big, cold mill. Of course that's been fueled further by places like TLS. Anyway, I got dinged today, so my time devoted to HLS is now past. But I am always surprised by H winning every comparison by the old "it's Harvard!" prestige appeal.humdrum wrote: Also, it's Harvard. Come on.
I can't give you a solid answer to your first question, but you should not send in a LOR from someone who already recommended you.4910 wrote:Is it generally better to send in an updated transcript even if my gpa fell if I was held?
Also, can we send in a updated LOR from the same recommender? Thanks guys.
I've been wondering the same. My GPA is the same...4910 wrote:Is it generally better to send in an updated transcript even if my gpa fell if I was held?
Also, can we send in a updated LOR from the same recommender? Thanks guys.
Just got the hold today. I sent my stuff in on 11/9 and went complete on 11/19.of Benito Cereno wrote:what are the under review/complete dates of our most recent holds?
Submitted 11/8 and went complete 11/24.sundevil77 wrote:Just got the hold today. I sent my stuff in on 11/9 and went complete on 11/19.of Benito Cereno wrote:what are the under review/complete dates of our most recent holds?